Mike Tommasi > wrote:

> Merci beaucoup.

De rien.

> Between the thousands of obscure Grosslage, Einzellage, Rieden,
> Fluren, Bereiche, Ortsteile and whatever it seems the Germans
> and in a lesser way the Austrians have come up with a complex
> classification that rivals the French and Italian systems with
> their mix of quality and garbage appellations and denominations.
> All this must indeed make australians laugh all the way to the
> bank...

Well, most of the top Austrian reds carry a phantasy name ("Das
Phantom", "Admiral", "Elegy", "Pannobile", "G") or what is or used
used to be a vineyard name ("Marienthal", "Salzberg") but today
has turned into the grower's brand name. The same holds true for
all top whites except for dry riesling, grüner veltliner (Wachau &
surroundings), and sauvignon blanc (Styria). These usually come
vineyard designated.

So it's not *that* complicated, after all.

M.